Frog-Man (Ani-Men)
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For the Marvel superhero, see Frog-Man.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Daredevil #10 (Oct 1965) |
| Created by | Wally Wood and Bob Powell |
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| Alter ego | Francois LeBlanc |
| Team affiliations | Ani-Men |
| Notable aliases | "Frog" LeBlanc, Croaker |
| Abilities | (briefly) superhuman leaping ability |
Frog-Man is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
[edit] Fictional character biography
François Leblanc was born in France, and later became a professional criminal.
Along with Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Cat-Man, François "Frog" Leblanc was recruited for his leaping ability by a man named the Organizer to form the Ani-Men. The Organizer was secretly Abner Jonas, a candidate for mayor of New York City, who sent the Ani-Men on missions to undermine the current administration. Daredevil defeated them, and the Ani-Men and Organizer all went to prison.[1]
Later, the Ani-Men went to work for Count Nefaria. Nefaria's scientists submitted the unwitting Ani-Men to processes that gave them superhuman powers and animal-like forms. The Ani-Men invaded the Cheyenne Mountain missile base for Count Nefaria, and fought the X-Men.[2]
The Ani-Men lost their superhuman powers and reverted back to normal. Nefaria sent the four original Ani-Men to kill Tony Stark, however the Spymaster detonated a bomb with which he had intended to kill Stark, and the resulting explosion killed the Ani-Men instead.[3]
[edit] Powers and abilities
Originally, Leblanc had no superhuman powers. He was an athletic man with Olympic-level leaping ability. He was an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, and an expert in la savate (French kickboxing).
Leblanc was later subjected to an unknown mutagenic process administered by Count Nefaria's scientists which temporarily gave him frog-like legs that gave him superhuman leaping ability, as well as superhuman strength, stamina, and agility.
